Three days to see英文简介.ppt

1、A,1,Three Days to See,Lskypool,A,2,Introduction of Helen Keller,Helen Adams Keller (June 27, 1880 June 1, 1968) Deafblind American author, activist and lecturer She was the first deaf and blind person to get a degree from college. Other books: The Story of My Life, My religion, Midstream.,A,3,Introd

2、uction of the book,The autobiography of Helen Keller A book showing the most mysterious miracle and strong power of mankind Teaching people use their eyes to see the world seriously and make full use of it.,A,4,Deafblind is painful,I especially remember the tenderness with which my mother tried to s

3、oothe me in my waking hours of fret and pain, and the agony and bewilderment with which I awoke after a tossing half sleep, and turned my eyes, so dry and hot, to the wall, away from the once-loved light, which came to me dim and yet more dim each day. I strugglednot that struggling helped matters,

4、but the spirit of resistance was strong with me; I generally broke down in tears and physical exhaustion. I felt absolutely alone, cut off from my friends and the firm earth. The immense, the unknown, enfolded me.,A,5,Three days to see,On the first day, I should want to see the people whose kindness

5、 and gentleness and companionship have made my life worth living. I do not know what it is to see into the heart of a friend through that window of the soul, the eye. I can only see through my finger tips the outline of a face. I can detect laughter, sorrow, and many other obvious emotions. I should

6、 call to me all my dear friends and look long into their faces, imprinting upon my mind the outward evidences of the beauty that is within them.,The First Day,A,6,Three days to see,The Second Day,The next day I should arise with the dawn and see the thrilling miracle by which night is transformed in

7、to day. I should behold with awe the magnificent panorama of light with which the sun awakens the sleeping earth. My next stop would be the Metropolitan Museum of Art, for just as the Museum of Natural History reveals the material aspects of the world, so does the Metropolitan show the myriad facets

8、 of the human spirit. So on this, my second day of sight, I should try to probe into the soul of man through his art.,A,7,Today I shall spend in the workaday world of the present, amid the haunts of men going about the business of life. First, I stand at a busy corner, merely looking at people, tryi

9、ng by sight of them to understand something of their lives. From Fifth Avenue I make a tour of the city - to Park Avenue, to the slums, to factories, to parks where children play.,Three days to see,The Third Day,A,8,The Admonition to Readers,I who am blind can give one hint to those who see one admo

10、nition to those who would make full use of the gift of sight: Use your eyes as if tomorrow you would be stricken blind . And the same method can be applied to the other senses . Hear the music of voices, the song of a bird, the mighty strains of a orchestra, as if you would be stricken deaf tomorrow. Touch each object you want to touch as if tomorrow your tactile sense would fail. Smell the perfume of flowers, taste with relish each morsel, as if tomorrow you could never smell and taste again.,A,9,What We Should Learn,Doesnt